The NFL Scouting Combine invitee list is an early Christmas list for teams across the league. It may not contain a NerfGun 3000 or the latest high-tech tablet gadget thingy, but there is some serious talent in this year's batch of prospects...

Whether Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow or not, winter will be long for the San Francisco 49ers , whose dream season ended prematurely on a couple of nightmarish plays. One game short of Super Bowl XLVI...

Yesterday at work sums it up perfectly: I walked into the teacher's lounge to discover a group of co-workers huddled near the water cooler, each holding a filled-up cup and each discussing Ricky Rubio 's Monday night performance...

The lockers are cleaned out, players have returned to their respective homes and just like that, the season is over. All too soon, though not as soon as recent years. Our focus now shifts to the 2012 offseason...

Alex Smith connected with Vernon Davis for the nail-biting victory, and a decade's worth of caged cheers were released. The noise traveled the distance from Candlestick Park all the way to my living room in San Jose...

It's not too often you hear about a person more intent on traveling to Indianapolis instead of Hawaii. Vernon Davis is doing exactly that. Absent from this year's Pro Bowl roster, Davis could care less...

Looks like Candlestick will be rockin' again this weekend, so come knockin'. After a nail-biting victory on Saturday, the San Francisco 49ers will host the New York Giants in the 49ers' first NFC Championship Game appearance since 1998...

When you think of the Saints led by Drew Brees , the monster stats jump out first. Deservedly so, as the quarterback has had a record-breaking season: 5,476 yards, 71 percent completion rate, 46 touchdowns and a 110...

If the coaching thing doesn’t work out, Jim Harbaugh may have a future as a psychic . I wonder how his handshake with rival Miss Cleo would go down. We may never know; the coaching thing is working out quite nicely...

As the current season progresses into the playoffs, fans can’t help but look towards a blue-sky future. Despite a 13-3 season and No. 2 seed in the NFC, the San Francisco 49ers are far from a finished product...